Bill Clinton Signs NAFTA (1993)

Bill Clinton signed into the North America Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico on December 8, 1993. It is hard to evaluate the pros and cons of NAFTA. What’s interesting about this agreement for me is that countries which have different cultures and sizes of economic achieved an economic integration.

This video is provided by Miller Center Public Affairs, University of Virginia and can be found on You Tube.

The continued strength of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) markets has been one of the brightest spots for U.S. farmers, agricultural exporters, and the industries that support them. Together, our NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico, purchased $18.2 million worth of agricultural products or 29.6 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports in 2004, up from 28.9 percent in 2003 and 20.8 percent in 1993.
– Source: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/policy/nafta/nafta_backgrounder.htm

As a person who was born in Mexico, I think that North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was one of the best decision that the governments of USA, Canada and Mexico made. This agreement have improve the economy on these nations. In my case if I want to buy mexican products, I don’t have to go to Mexico, because now I can find them here in this country thanks to this NAFTA